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Patent EP-0406998-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LICHTENBERGER LENARD M
IPC: A61K9/127
Filed: 1990-03-15
Abstract: The present invention discloses unique methods employing mixtures of phospholipids and neutral lipids for surfactant replacement therapy in the treatment of the various forms of respiratory distress syndrome. These compositions are shown to greatly enhance the surfactant replacement efficiency of surface-active lipids. In this regard, experimental models have shown that both the surface-tension lowering effect and rate of phospholipid absorption to an air/liquid interface are accelerated by the addition of triglycerides and/or sterols to mixtures of saturated or unsaturated phospholipids. Such com­positions are therefore theorized to give new and enhanced therapeutic value to the use of surface-active lipids for surfactant replacement therapy in a subject without risk of immunogenic response. 
     The subject methods also comprise a simple, rapid and inexpensive means for the deposition of polar lipids to a variety of air/liquid interfaces.
Patent EP-0395391-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SAITO JUN
IPC: C08F4/642
Filed: 1990-04-25
Abstract: A catalyst component for producing crystalline olefin polymers comprises a linear olefin/non-olefin block copolmer having at least one linear olefin block copolymer and at least one non-linear olefin polymer block and (a) a titanium trichloride composition or (b) titanium, magnesium, a halogen and an electron donor as components for a carrier; the content of the linear olefin polymer block being from 0.1 to 49.5 by weight, the content of the non-linear olefin polymer block being from 0.01 to 49.5% by weight, the ratio by weight of the linear olefin polymer block to the non-linear olefin polymer block being 2/98 to 98/2 and in the case of (a), the content of the titanium trichloride composition being 99.89 to 1.0% by weight.
Patent EP-0412721-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MONTEAN SAMUEL C O MINNESOTA M
IPC: G08B13/24
Filed: 1990-08-02
Abstract: A multi-directionally responsive, dual-status marker (10) such as shown in Figure 1 for use in electronic article surveillance systems having an alternating magnetic field within an interrogation zone. The marker comprises a piece (12) of a high permeability, low coercive force magnetic material substantially coextensive with a piece (14) of remanently magnetizable material, in which the first piece (12) is configured to exhibit at least two elongated responsive areas (16, 18, 20, and 22) adjacent to edges of the piece perpendicular to each other, each area having a narrow width region forming a switching section and adjacent extensive regions (24, 26, 28, and 30) forming flux collectors. In a preferred embodiment, the inner edges of all of the regions are defined by a narrow band of removed material, the remaining material in the center thereby being magnetically isolated from the responsive areas. The marker is desensitized by uniformly magnetizing the pace of unmagnetizable material.
Patent EP-0438861-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LORENZ ROBERT D
IPC: G01L5/16
Filed: 1990-11-21
Abstract: A sensor tip (10) for use in a robotic hand has a three-dimensional compliant elastomeric body (12) with an outer boundary (22) having a circular base (24) and a convex surface (26) extending therefrom. Four strain transducers (14, 16, 18, and 20) produce electrical signals indicative of the strain at various positions near the boundary of the elastomeric body (12) resulting from forces exerted upon the sensor tip (10) by an object which the robotic hand is manipulating. The transducers (14, 16, 18, and 20) are positioned about the convex surface (26) so as to produce signals that may be decoupled to determine the normal and tangential forces and the applied torque. A buffer amplifier circuit (34), one for each of the transducers (14, 16, 18, and 20), receives the signals and provides quasi-steady state force information. The circuit (34) connects the respective transducer (40) in a feedback loop around an amplifier (36) and has desirable attributes for static charge buffering. The sensor tip (10) is calibrated to determine proportionality constants for the decoupling algorithm for use of a force delivering system (60), which uses voice coils (74) to apply a force that is linearly related to the current introduced to each of the coils (74). A method of manufacture of the sensor tip (10) results in improved bonding between the transducers (14, 16, 18, and 20) and the elastomeric body (12) for better performance and longer life of the sensor tip (10).
Patent EP-0438116-A2 (EP)
Inventor: AKASHI AKIRA C O CANON KABUSHI
IPC: G02B7/34
Filed: 1991-01-15
Abstract: This invention relates to a focus detection apparatus having a plurality of distance measurement points (001). 
     The focus detection apparatus is characterized in that when an AF mode (002) is a servo mode, focusing is performed on the basis of a focus signal from a distance measurement point (004,005,006) of a nearest object. However, when the AF mode is a oneshot mode (003), a focus signal is preferentially extracted from a central distance measurement point of the frame, thereby performing focusing.
Patent EP-0454959-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KORB KLAUS
IPC: E05C9/02
Filed: 1991-02-25
Abstract: The drive rod lock is actuated by a lock cylinder (41), whose tongue (43) is enclosed by a gear ring (39) with a gap (42) for the passage of the cylinder. The ring meshes with two pinions on the outside, which drive sliders (28) coupled to the rods via redn. gear trains. When the bolt (35) is locked clear of the ring, a lever (W) actuated by the latter allows retraction of the catch (33) by a key. The lever operating arm (71) is spring-loaded towards the gear ring, and is controlled by an edge (76) on the rod slider.
Patent EP-0453778-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FRANZ ANDREAS DR
IPC: G01D5/38
Filed: 1991-03-23
Abstract: An angle measuring device (1) exhibits an index disc (4) with circle divisions (3). These circle divisions (3) are interferentially scanned by a scanning device which is constructed as a monolithically integrated optical circuit with two diametric scanning areas. As coupling elements, input and output coupling gratings of simple structure (9, 10 and 13, 14) are used which are preceded (7, 8) or followed (15, 16) by correction gratings which are also of simple structure. 
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Patent EP-0453812-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SCHRECK JOHN F
IPC: G11C16/06
Filed: 1991-03-28
Abstract: A circuit 22 for driving a wordline (WORDLINE) in a floating-gate-type nonvolatile memory cell array, including a read-driver subcircuit (PART A) for switching a positive read voltages (Vcc) and a program-driver subcircuit (PART B) for switching positive programming voltages (Vppsw,Vhssw). The circuit (22) also includes a subcircuit (T11) for switching negative erasing voltages (Vee). 
     The read-driver subcircuit (PART A) may be constructed using relatively short-channel transistors (T1-5) for relatively high speed of operation when connected to high-capacitance wordlines (WORDLINE). On the other hand, the program-driver subcircuit (PART B) may be constructed using relatively long-channel transistors and those long-channel transistors may be located on the memory chip remotely from the memory cells and from the read-driver circuit (PART A). P-channel isolating transistors (T6,T7,T11) are used to isolate unused circuitry during operation. 
     The program-driver circuit (PART B) includes a voltage translator subcircuit (TR) having a transistor configuration that lessens the probability that the breakdown voltages of those transistors (T12-19) will be exceeded.
Patent EP-0457078-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SCHWARZ WERNER M LABORATORIES
IPC: G08B13/24
Filed: 1991-04-25
Abstract: The invention is related to a process of deactivating a magnetic security marker of an article surveillance system, wherein the security marker is detected by simulating conditions normally present in such a system, e.g., by creating between a transmitter and a receiver a sinewave electromagnetic field and the deactivating the security marker by means of the electronically switchable magnetizing apparatus in response to the detection of the magnetic field which corresponds to the magnetization of the security marker in the surveillance zone. It is the object of the invention to enable the magnetic security marker to be deactivated using any alternating power line. To this end, the magnetic system is automatically connected to a power line without circuit change when the security marker is detected. The magnetizing apparatus gradually builds up a magnetic field by rectifying the flow current, monitoring it by a current sensor and increasing it at each change of phase until the current reaches a level to which the sensor is set as effecting deactivation. Thereafter, the magnetizing apparatus is electronically disconnected from the power line.
Patent EP-0459525-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ARISAWA AKIRA
IPC: C12N1/21
Filed: 1991-06-03
Abstract: A DNA fragment or a restriction enzyme-digested DNA fragment, the DNA fragment containing a gene, acyA, encoding a 3-acylation enzyme for macrolide antibiotics, characterized by being derived from a strain belonging to the genus Streptomyces, having a size of about 1.8 kb or about 3.2 kb, and having a DNA base sequence shown in a restriction enzyme map shown in Fig. 1(A) or Fig. 1(B), respectively, in the attached drawing. 3-Acylated macrolide antibiotics can be produced advantageously using macrolide antibiotics-producing bacteria transformed with vector plasmids having inserted therein the DNA fragment.
Patent EP-0506997-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SJOGREN CHRISTER A
IPC: B65B11/08
Filed: 1991-08-03
Abstract: Method and apparatus for wrapping a signature bundle by moving a wrapping sheet into the path of movement of a bundle, said sheet being maintained in self-supporting fashion by imparting a bend thereto as it is fed to the wrapping station. The bundle "crashes" into the sheet causing it to collapse and wrap itself about the bundle. When the wrapping operation is completed, the wrapping sheet is wrapped around three contiguous surfaces of the bundle. The sheet is automatically cut and a new wrapping operation is initiated. The wrapping sheet may be printed upon by an ink jet printing characters "on the fly". The characters are printed backwards and "bleed through" the wrapping sheet to appear in normal manner.
Patent EP-0486017-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FUSHIMOTO HIDEO
IPC: G06F17/28
Filed: 1991-11-14
Abstract: There are provided method and apparatus which can mutually translate information among a plurality of languages. The kind of first language (source language) which is supplied and the kind of second language (target language) which is generated are independently designated. The information of the source language is supplied. The supplied information of the source language is translated into the information of the target language. The information of the target language as a result of the translation is displayed on the display screen. The displayed information of the target language is designated. The designated information of the target language is again translated into the information of the source language. When a plurality of information of the target languages as a result of the translation exist, all of them are displayed. When the user wants to further translate the result of the translation into a third language, all of the kinds of candidate languages are displayed as a third language and the user selects a desired one of the kinds of displayed on the screen, thereby designating the kind of third language.
Patent EP-0491436-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SHANNON JOHN MARTIN
IPC: G06F3/033
Filed: 1991-12-12
Abstract: An active matrix liquid crystal display device comprising an array of picture elements (12) which include respective switching means (20), e.g. TFTs, and which are driven a row at a time by drive signals supplied via sets of row and column address conductors (14,16) further includes an array of active addressed sensing elements (18) each consisting of a photosensitive element (26), e.g. a thin film photoresistor or photodiode, charge storage means (25) and a switching device (24), e.g. a TFT, connected to respective row and column address conductors (14,16). The charge storage means are periodically charged through operation of their associated switching devices by said drive signals and are selectively discharged upon their associated photosensitive element being illuminated by, for example, a light pen (41). The states of the charge storage means of all the sensing elements are determined, one row at a time, by a detection circuit (40) connected to the column address conductors (16) during each display field period in synchronism with the driving of the rows of picture elements.
Patent EP-0441462-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KILBANE JOHN J II
IPC: C12N1/20
Filed: 1991-01-05
Abstract: A mutant  Rhodococcus rhodochrous  strain ATCC No. 53968 which has the property of sulfur removal and sulfur metabolism by selective cleavage of C-S bonds in organic carbonaceous materials.
Patent EP-0442674-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HELLER JAMES WALTER
IPC: H01L21/68
Filed: 1991-02-11
Abstract: A biocompatible thin film electrical component is configured for use in a human body or other ionic liquid environment. A polyimide substrate (11) is bonded to a glass carrier plate (10) sized for handling by automatic equipment and a multiple-layer metal conductor (18) is deposited on the substrate and patterned to define an electrical circuit or biosensor. The polyimide and the glass establish a bond therebetween that withstands handling yet is broken using biocompatible releasing agents and techniques. The polyimide substrate and glass carrier plate preferably have similar thermal expansion properties to reduce the likelihood of fracture and delamination problems during release of the substrate from the carrier plate. An insulation layer (28) covers the metal conductor and, in one embodiment, is made of a polyimide having a cure temperature lower than the temperature at which interdiffusion occurs in the metal layers in the conductor.
Patent EP-0443809-A2 (EP)
Inventor: COLVIN MICHAEL
IPC: A61F2/00
Filed: 1991-02-19
Abstract: A coating material is produced useful for coating an intraocular lens having haptics secured thereto or integral therewith or for coating one or more of said haptics or for coating both which contains at least one substance to be released at a predetermined controlled rate into the human eye together with the coating material. The coating material is hydrophilic, compatible with the lens or haptics both onto which it is coated, is non-toxic to the human eye, and is biocompatible with the human eye. The coating is capable of delivering a desired effective amount of the at least one substance into the human eye over a predetermined period of time, together with a method of releasing a desired substance into the human eye by implanting into the human eye an intraocular lens having a coating as above described.
Patent EP-0448249-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HAUSLER RALPH
IPC: B29C51/10
Filed: 1991-03-06
Abstract: A method for fabricating a shaped plastics component such as an operating button of a control panel or dashboard includes a thermoformed plastic sheet (20) with a "second-surface" screen-printed graphic (18). The sheet can receive a light-directing apparatus (16), and then be filled with moulded-resin (22) to secure the light directing insert (16) and provide stability to the structure. A die (Fig. 4) for use in the method is also described.
Patent EP-0453256-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ZWADLO GREGORY L C O MINNESOTA
IPC: G03G15/01
Filed: 1991-04-17
Abstract: An electrographic imaging process is performed by generating an electrostatic image, contacting the image with a temporary receptor sheet comprising a carrier layer, releasable release layer, and transferable adhesive layer secured to said release layer. The image is adhered to the adhesive surface, and that surface with the image thereon is then contacted with a final receiving (receptor) surface. The adhesive layer secures the toner image, adhesive layer, and the release layer (now a top protective layer) to the final receiving surface to generate the final image.
Patent EP-0467635-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WILLIS DAVID ALEXANDER
IPC: C08K5/06
Filed: 1991-07-16
Abstract: A thermally insulating composition comprises an intimate mixture of a polar base fluid and a heteropolysaccharide, which is principally carbohydrate, comprising 2.8-7.5% (calculated as 0-acetyl) 0-acyl groups, 11.6-14.9% glucuronic acid, and the neutral sugars mannose, glucose and rhamnose in the approximate molar ratio 1:2:2 wherein the ratio of terminally linked rhamnose to 1,3 linked rhamnose is 1:2 and the glucose is primarily 1,3 linked. 
     In the preferred composition the polar base fluid is monoethyleneglycol and the heteropolysaccharide is the Welan gum BIOZAN. 
     Due to the gels good thermally insulating properties and rheology the gel finds particular use in a method of insulating pipeline bundles and pipeline riser caissons.
Patent EP-0470786-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GOULD HARRY J
IPC: H04N5/44
Filed: 1991-08-05
Abstract: Electronically rotatable polarization antenna feed apparatus includes a pair of probes oriented in an orthogonal relationship to each other (90 degrees apart) and the probes extend through the rear wall of a waveguide. The probes are connected through low noise amplifiers to variable resistors or variable gain amplifiers. The signal to noise ratio of the desirable polarization signal from the two probes is maximized and the undesirable polarization signal from the two probes is cancelled. If desired, polarization components from the two probes may be combined so that both the horizontal and the vertical polarization signals may be used simultaneously. The apparatus may be used with linearly polarized signals and with circularly polarized signals.
Patent EP-0487272-A2 (EP)
Inventor: RANGASWAMY SUBRAMANIAM
IPC: C23C4/06
Filed: 1991-11-15
Abstract: A method of forming a binder-free agglomerated powder, which comprises: 
   placing first and second materials in a drum (28) of a mechanical agglomerator, the drum having a continuous curved inner wall (34) and the mechanical agglomerator having impact means (50) disposed in the drum adjacent the drum inner wall and means (32) for providing relative movement between the impact means (50) and the drum inner wall (34); 
   processing the first and second materials in the mechanical agglomerator by centrifugally forcing the first and second materials between the impact means (50) and the drum inner wall (34) such that forces of shear and compression cause the first and second materials to agglomerate to form agglomerated particles which are composites of the first and second materials; and 
   classifying the agglomerated particles to form a thermal spray powder fraction. 
     A thermal spray powder, which comprises mechanically agglomerated particles having a first component and a second component, substantially all of the particles ranging in size from about 0.5 µm to about 177 µm and the powder having an average particle size of from about 44 µm to about 150 µm. 
     A method of forming a thermal spray coating, which comprises providing a thermal spray powder fabricated by mechanical agglomeration in a drum having an impact member; and thermal spraying said powder onto a target to form a coating.
Patent EP-0441744-A2 (EP)
Inventor: STEINER ALFRED
IPC: E03F5/04
Filed: 1991-01-29
Abstract: The cover plate serves for covering drainage ditches (1) of known design at sports grounds and allows good surface drainage whilst reducing the risk of accidents for sportsmen. For this purpose, it consists of a profiled plate, for example made of aluminium, which is placed on the shoulder faces (6) and edge-side support walls (11), has centrally arranged water drainage slots (13), and is provided between the latter with fastening ribs (12) for fastening edge elements (20). The height of the support walls (11) together with the thickness of the edge elements (20) above the support walls (11) is approximately equal to the height of the ribs (5) of the drainage ditches (1). The water can thus flow off easily. If the edge elements (20) consist of a caoutchouc of Shore A hardness 75, there is no risk of injury for sportsmen. Additionally, the edge elements (20) can be coloured white for the running track side and green or red for the lawn side. 
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Patent EP-0493365-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PFLIBSEN KENT P
IPC: G02B27/09
Filed: 1992-03-06
Abstract: A new and improved laser light beam homogenizer for transforming a laser beam with spatially inhomogeneous intensity into a beam with a more nearly spatially uniform intensity pattern is presented. The light beam is diverged by a lens and presented to an integrator. The integrator transforms the beam into a beam with a more uniform illumination. The uniform illumination beam is then impinged on control optics to limit the divergence of the uniform beam and control higher order distortion in the system. This beam may then be illuminated at a predetermined distance by a projecting optic lens. The laser light beam homogenizer of this invention is particularly well suited for use in an imaging lidar system.
Patent EP-0505944-A2 (EP)
Inventor: YAMADA ATSUO
IPC: G02B6/12
Filed: 1992-03-20
Abstract: The optical waveguide device of LiNbO₃ efficiently guides both or either of ordinary ray and extraordinary ray of visible light in the short wavelength region. It is prepared by forming an LiNbO₃ thin film (22) optical waveguide on an LiNbO₃ substrate (21) undoped or doped with MgO, with or without a base layer (23) interposed between them, by liquid phase epitaxy which employs Li₂OB₂O₃ as a flux.
Patent EP-0516988-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GREEN DAVID T
IPC: A61B17/068
Filed: 1992-05-06
Abstract: A surgical instrument for placing fasteners and/or a reinforcement material in tissue is provided. The fasteners 44 exit the fastener housing 10 at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the device to facilitate visualization and placement at the surgical site. A unique fastener may be formed in which the legs are in a substantially overlapping, longitudinally-spaced relation.
Patent EP-0514759-A2 (EP)
Inventor: DATE MUNEYUKI
IPC: G01R33/16
Filed: 1992-05-13
Abstract: A magnetic characteristic measuring apparatus that allows to measure magnetic characteristics of a specimen (1) in very high sensitivity with a simple structure without being influenced by magnetic noise is provided. Magnetic field is applied for a certain time to the specimen (1) suspended from a beam (2) at one side of a balance (3) by a solenoid electromagnet (5) to act magnetic force on the specimen (1). Free oscillating amplitude of the balance (3) after the extinction of the magnetic field is detected by a laser micro-range finder (8) and magnetic characteristics of the specimen (1) is measured form a relationship between the amplitude and the intensity of the applied magnetic field. The influence of the magnetic noise or the influence of magnetic characteristics of the measuring apparatus itself may be eliminated and very high sensitivity of less than 10-12 emu may be realized in finding magnetic susceptibility with a simple structure.